Proponents of career and technical education programs and Democratic lawmakers are wringing their hands over the Department of Education’s plans to offload the funding and administration of CTE programs to the Department of Labor. They worry the plan, if enacted, …

With everything already going on in the world, it can feel overwhelming to talk to kids about serious topics—especially something as complicated as the Iran-Israel conflict the United States entered into over the weekend. But the truth is, many kids …

Jackson State University, an HBCU, is pictured here during a move-in day event. Historically, changes to Parent PLUS loans have negatively impacted HBCU enrollment. Charles A. Smith/Jackson State University/Getty Images A long-standing federal student loan program that has opened the …

by Terry Heick Note: This has been updates from a 2018 version Just a quick post that’s self-explanatory enough: It’s almost #ElectionDay! Some questions for student critical thinking: What is the relationship between voting and democracy? How does critical thinking …

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The higher education sector is awash with hype about the potential of rapidly evolving generative AI tools that promise to revolutionize learning, research and work. Even as some AI tools’ developers are predicting the technology may soon replace a significant …

Science meets mystery in Ward’s Biotech for Life Science Kit, Capturing a Bigfoot Is No Small Feat. With inquiry-based activities and built-in historical relevance, this kit earned our We Are Teachers Teacher Pick status because of its ability to spark …

In May, the Education Department resumed debt collections for borrowers in default. Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call Inc./Getty Images New data from TransUnion shows that nearly two million student loan borrowers are at risk of defaulting on their loans next month, The Wall …

Teach Students To Think Irrationally by Terry Heick Formal learning is a humbling thing. As planners, designers, executors, and general caretakers of public and private education systems, we are tasked with the insurmountable: overcome a child’s natural tendency to play, …

A lot of math has to do with answering the same question: “How many?” You can count, you can add, you can skip-count, but one of the most efficient and accurate ways to answer the question is by grouping things …